Last week I finally started organizing all the photos I have of my great grandfather's work and this certificate caught my eye. I hadn't looked at it that closely before because this photo is all I have and it's small and of poor quality, but I think it's probably a really lovely piece. I hope someone in the extended family still has it. It's a certificate for the Christian Endeavor Society honoring my great grandfather's brother, Clarence, who died at a relatively young age I believe. I'm not confident on the date because that part of the photo is a bit washed out, but it looks like April 29th, 1901 or maybe 1907?

#FridayFlourish 😊 Another of my great grandfather's doodles 🕊

#FridayFlourish from my great grandfather :) I like the movement of the two heavily shaded lines the bird in this one is resting on

This weeks #FridayFlourish :) This is another of my great grandfathers birds that I think was done when he was a student at the Gem City Business College. It's a little less elaborate than some of his others, but I think it has a nice flow to it, and those are some serious shades 🕶

#FridayFlourish! This is another of my great grandfather's birds on Gem City Business College paper. I did a bit of digging with my Dad and it seems he was a student there at least through the beginning of 1905. I'm assuming the 'Emily' included here refers to his wife.

It's been a while since I've had any time to dig through the copies I have of my great-grandfather's flourishes, so I pulled them out today during a break from finishing up this weeks pens. I hadn't noticed before, but he did quite a few lovely flourished birds on practice sheets from the Gem City Business College at the time it was headed by Behrensmeyer. I'm wondering if my great-grandfather studied under him. I really wish I had better reproductions or originals of these. It's hard to tell when they're digitized just how fine and delicate the line work is.

I think this will be the last #SundaySwan I love the little boat on the horizon. After this I want to start digging into some of my great grandfathers other birds 😀